Apollonius of Perga

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/ ˈpɜːɡə, ˌæpəˈləʊnɪəs /

noun

1. ?261–?190 _bc , Greek mathematician, remembered for his treatise on conic sections

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Example Sentences

Astrolabes are believed to have been around at the time of Apollonius of Perga, a Greek mathematician from the third-century B.C. known as the Great Geometer.

From New York Times • Mar. 12, 2024

There is slight evidence that Apollonius of Perga may have been the originator of the system, but it was reserved for Hipparchus to work it out in final form.

From Astronomy: The Science of the Heavenly Bodies by Todd, David Peck

When he visited Alexandria he probably found Apollonius of Perga, the pupil of Euclid, at the head of the mathematical school there.

From A History of Science — Volume 1 by Williams, Edward Huntington

Apollonius of Perga was with justice called by his contemporaries the ‘Great Geometer’, on the strength of his great treatise, the Conics.

From The Legacy of Greece Essays By: Gilbert Murray, W. R. Inge, J. Burnet, Sir T. L. Heath, D'arcy W. Thompson, Charles Singer, R. W. Livingston, A. Toynbee, A. E. Zimmern, Percy Gardner, Sir Reginald Blomfield by Livingstone, R.W.

We know much less of the life of the third of the great trio of teachers and students of Alexandria, Apollonius of Perga.

From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.